Open the Gates — The Secret of the Tehilim of Parnassah And Finacial Success

Open the Gates — The Secret of the

Psalm of Parnassah

Why

did לְדָוִד

מִזְמוֹר, לַה׳ הָאָרֶץ וּמְלוֹאָהּ become one of our

great prayers for parnassah?

We say it every Sunday as we begin a new week. In Moroccan communities it is

recited as Shabbat departs and we return to the working world. And on Rosh

Hashanah, in the Syrian community, people will bid extraordinary sums for the

privilege of opening the Heikhal as we recite this Psalm and pray for financial

blessing for the coming year. But there is something strange: the Psalm never actually asks for money.

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